Music Education Software


Alfred Music Ace Maestro. Ages 8-12 Pricing for a single-computer edition of Music Ace Maestro that tracks the progress of 240 students is $127.95.
Alfred Interactive Musician. Ages 12&up $39.95 for a single user
Alfred Essentials of Music Theory. Ages12& up

Hyperscore 12&up

EarMaster 5 School $69.99 Primary, Secondary, College.

Morton Subotnik’s series (great for young kids 3 and up)
Hearing Music $39.00 single user (one disk)
Making Music $39.00
Playing Music $39.00
Making More Music $39.00



Sibelius Groovy Music $150.00
(Includes Groovy Shapes,Groovy City and Groovy Jungle. Works well with SmartBoard and/or single computer classrooms.)
Sibelius StarClass. Grading, tracking and assessment tool for K-12.
Sibelius Compass.
Sibelius Musition. Music Theory for Middle and High School. Includes instruction to standards (including drills designed to support NYSMA and AP Exam in Music Theory)
Sibelius Auralia. Ear Training companion to Musition.
Sibelius Instruments. Great tool for any level. Perfect for college-level orchestration class.

O-Music's O-Generator. Learning to Compose. Pricing: 1-5 Stations $149.00

PG Music Band-In-A-Box

*As of 3/10. Based on retail prices for educational individual users. Prices for site licenses will differ, and are often calculated according to the number or computers on which the software will be installed. Sources include: soundtree.com, amazon.com,


Comparable Online Resources

Ricci Adam’s musictheory.net
New York Philharmonic Kids
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Wesleyan University’s Virtual Museum of World Instruments